Gupo Chinese restaurant weekday dinner: eggplant mandu, Gupo Jjambbong

Using cordyceps mushroom noodles for a healthy and delicious jjambbong (spicy seafood noodle soup), "Gupo Jjambbong" has been a beloved Busan jjambbong spot for locals for 15 years.

Gupo Jjambbong hours and parking in Buk-gu, Busan

Gupo Jjambbong Gupo Main Branch is open Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 11:00-22:00 (last order 21:30), and Sundays 11:00-21:00 (last order 20:30). Reservations, takeout, delivery, and group dining are all available, plus Wi-Fi and baby chairs.

Parking at this Gupo restaurant is available right next door, with room for 5 cars. During lunch hours (until 13:30) there's no parking enforcement, so you can apparently just park on the street!

Gupo Jjambbong menu and course prices

This Gupo restaurant also has a wide range of Chinese dishes,

and there are affordable course options too.

• Course A ₩25,000 per person — seafood scorched-rice soup + pepper stir-fried pork + tangsuyuk + eggplant mandu + jjajang
• Course B ₩30,000 per person — seafood scorched-rice soup + pepper stir-fried pork + kkanpunggi shrimp + tangsuyuk + eggplant mandu + jjajang
• * Add ₩2,000 to swap jjajang for jjambbong

Overall, the menu prices are pretty reasonable!!

How to get to Gupo Jjambbong from Gumyeong Station

It's an 8-minute walk from Gumyeong Station Exit 4. It's roughly halfway between Deokcheon Rotary and Busan Institute of Science and Technology, about 150m before Gyeongdeok Gas Station.

Weekday dinner atmosphere and single-diner seats

The interior is clean and comfortable, with plenty of tables, baby chairs, and even a private room, making it good for company dinners or gatherings too! Even on a weekday evening, the place was full of customers, with lots of families — I could see why this is such a well-known spot among Busan locals!

These days a lot of people eat alone, and this place has single-seat tables set up for exactly that.

What are sanghwang mushroom noodles and herbal broth?

At Gupo Jjambbong, the jjambbong is made with a broth simmered from cordyceps mushroom and five herbal ingredients (Kalopanax, mulberry, Eleutherococcus, milkvetch root, and angelica root), so it feels less like just a meal and more like a premium health tonic!!

This place also thinks about your health — the noodles are made with cordyceps mushroom powder and bean powder, giving them a soft yet chewy texture.

There's a self-serve corner off to the side where you can grab pickled radish and onions.

It's not easy to find a restaurant that's been featured on all three major broadcasters (MBC, KBS, SBS), but this Gupo spot is a Chinese food master recognized by all three!

Waiting, the etiquette zone and apple cider vinegar water

As you'd expect from a popular restaurant, there's a waitlist. We got in right away because we had a reservation, but weekends probably require waiting!

An "etiquette zone" that shows the owner's thoughtfulness — aprons, hair ties, floss, all set up so you can stay neat and tidy even after your meal! And the unusual thing here is the apple cider vinegar water!! Blood sugar management matters these days, and a glass of apple cider vinegar water after the meal helps with that too~~!

The restroom is inside the restaurant, in a single space split between men's and women's sides.

What we ordered at Gupo Jjambbong

• Large octopus and abalone health jjambbong with cordyceps and sweet potato greens ₩16,000
• Seafood platter jjajang ₩9,000
• Small tangsuyuk ₩18,000
• Eggplant mandu ₩7,000
• Zero-sugar cola ₩2,000

The owner really thinks about your health!! Cordyceps mushroom tea is served as drinking water!

Eggplant mandu, 7,000 won: the most-ordered dish

Eggplant mandu (₩7,000) is dumpling filling sandwiched between thin slices of eggplant, then fried — a Chinese-style mandu with a surprising crispy-outside, moist-inside twist.

It's so surprising that there's dumpling filling inside the eggplant! I get why it's the #1 most-ordered item. Crispy outside, moist inside, a completely new flavor to me — I really enjoyed it.

Small tangsuyuk, 18,000 won: sauce poured, dipped in wasabi

The small tangsuyuk (₩18,000) comes with crispy fried sweet-and-sour pork topped with lettuce, chives, and onion.

It comes with tangsuyuk sauce, wasabi, and soy sauce, and they recommended pouring the sauce over it and dipping it in wasabi.

I'm usually the type who pours the sauce over rather than dipping, so I'm all for it 🙆🏻‍♀️

Pouring the sauce over the tangsuyuk and adding wasabi gives it incredible flavor! The meat inside is substantial, and it stays crispy even with sauce poured on top — I get why every table ordered tangsuyuk 👏🏻

Health-tonic octopus and abalone jjambbong, large, 16,000 won

The large octopus and abalone health jjambbong with cordyceps sweet potato greens (₩16,000) is a premium seafood jjambbong made with the health-focused cordyceps sweet potato greens broth, plus octopus and abalone. I wanted the premium rib and abalone jjambbong but it was sold out, so I went with this instead haha — the presentation is overwhelming @.@

There's a whole octopus in the jjambbong, and it's plump and substantial!!

The health-conscious cordyceps mushroom noodles!! The chewy texture, different from regular noodles, is fun 😊

Seafood platter jjajang, 9,000 won

The seafood platter jjajang (₩9,000) is stir-fried jjajangmyeon with fresh seafood and vegetables adding a clean flavor. It's packed with seafood and topped with a fried egg, which made it even more delicious!!

We left completely stuffed haha. It was nice to have such a hearty, health-tonic-style meal, and next time I'll come back for the premium rib and abalone jjambbong. Highly recommend as a Gupo restaurant 👍🏻

Naver receipt review event at Gupo Jjambbong

Gupo Jjambbong is running a Naver receipt review event. 1 participant - 4 pieces of fried mandu, 2 participants - egg and chive stir-fry. (We ordered too much so we couldn't participate, which was a shame ㅠ) If you visit, be sure to join and get the freebie~!